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Ditch Your Taskbar for Minimized Thumbnails with miniMize [Featured Windows Download]

Windows only: Freeware application miniMize creates thumbnail images of your minimized application on your desktop, providing an interesting and customizable alternative to the Windows taskbar....

With Thanksgiving only a few days away, you'll ... [Flashback]

With Thanksgiving only a few days away, you'll likely be bombarded with requests to fix the family computer. Two years ago, we showed you how to restore mom and dad's computer to pristine shape.

Fix Your Home and End Keys with KeyFixer [Featured Mac Download]

Mac OS X only: The default behavior for the Home and End keys on the Mac can be very annoying—particularly for Windows-to-Mac switchers. Freeware application KeyFixer remaps your Home and End...

Prolonged Sitting Causes Disease, Standing Fights It [Health]

A recent study at the University of Missouri-Columbia reaffirms that a sedentary life increases your risk of diseases like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity, but the study suggests that...

Move Mis-Marked Addresses in Google Maps [Google Maps]

Ever look up an address on Google Maps and find that the pushpin for that address is more than a bit off? Now you can edit where Google pinpoints addresses (provided you're logged into your Google...

The UneasySilence weblog follows our guide ...

The UneasySilence weblog follows our guide to building a Hackintosh Mac from scratch to turn the $400 Eee PC laptop into the cheapest—albeit probably the slowest—Mac laptop on the block.

Monitor Application Usage with RescueTime [Featured Download]

Windows and Mac only: Monitor your computer activity easily and efficiently with freeware application RescueTime. Just install the application and let it run in the background so that it can capture...

Shed Your Extra College Pounds? [Ask The Readers]

If you're like most college students, you've either heard of or encountered the dreaded Freshman 15: the excess weight you pile on once you get to school. The GoCollege weblog hints at ways to...

Gmail Product Manager on IMAP and Greasemonkey [Exclusive Lifehacker Interview]

Just when we thought that Gmail was stagnating, the big G rolled out upgrades that delighted power users: IMAP access, and a speedier, developer-friendly interface. As makers of the Better Gmail...

Play Nearly Any Media File with MPlayer for Windows Mobile [Featured Early Adopter Download]

Windows Mobile 5 & 6 only: Free open source media player MPlayer, long known to Linux fans for its format friendliness and streamlined operation, has been ported in somewhat rough fashion to Windows...